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R. N. ALLEN.

Fruit Drier. t No. 59.806. Patented Nov. 20,1666.

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IMPROVEMENT "IN DRYING FRUIT, dto.

SPEGIVFIOATION.

TO` ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, R. N. ALLEN, Vof Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and 'useful improvements in Drying Fruit, Strawboard, Snc., and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the same, reference. being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of'this specification, in which-fi Figure 1 isla perspective view of .thehouse or room.

Figure 2 is a front elevation, with the-doors open.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section in the direction of the line :v x, iig. 2.

Figures 4, 5, and 6 arerviews of the carriage, and frames detached, andlwill be referred to in the description. Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The ordinary mode of drying heavy strawboard, is in the open air, and in the summer only, but with my improvement it can be done at any time, without regard to the condition of the weather or time of the year, and fruits, &c., may also be Vdried or prepared for market with great ease and facility.

This apparatus is placed in a room or house, A, above the engine or furnace used in generating steam, Etc., so that the waste heat passing oif can be retained, and used for drying the paper, or strawboard. At the front of the room are the doors B, the chimney beingat the opposite end; C is a canniage or truck, 'on which are hung the frames D, a perspective View of said carriage with the frames attached is shown iu iig. 4. The carriage is composed of side and end pieces, connected so as to form nearly a square frame, from each corner of whichextend up posts, a, extending from one side ofthis carriage to the other, and at the top of the posts a, are the rails b; on these rails, b, are hung the frames D, vwhich will be referred to hereafter. Near each end of the carriage are lthe shafts, c, on whichare the wheels D', indicated by the dotted lines, fig. 2, with these wheels the carriage is moved into and from the room or house on the tramway A', which is supported in said room `by means of the beams B', which are secured to each side of the room; a top View of this tramway is shown in iig. 3. The frame D, above referred to, consists of two parts, of the form shown in the drawing, which parts are. connected together by means of a hinge or joint, c'.' Between the two parts of this frame is placedthe paper, fruit, or strawboard whichis to be dried, and which is held in place and'prevented rfrom falling out by means lof the sides, which are made either of lattice work, wirengauze, or bars, d, as may be desired, the sides being open to allow the heat to reach the fruit, paper, Sto., readily on all sides. The inside of one of the sec- 4 tions of the frame D, can be rabbeted out along theredge of the rail, d', iig. 5 this is to admitthe edge of the paper so that whenk the frame is closed the lpaper will be held straight While drying, and cannot wrinkle or get out of shape; a cross section of' one of the frames thus rabbeted out is shown in iig. 6, with paper held in place. The framesv can .be made with or without the rabbeted rail; when it is made without, the paper is placed in the samefmanner in the frame, but rests within without the rabbet, and the lattice or other sides will prevent it from becoming warped, dto. Underneath this carriage is arranged the heating apparatus for. drying the paper, tc., which consists of lines, drums, and pipes, which will be referred to. f, isadamper in the chimney which is to shut oil' the heat from passing out in the usual manner. G, is a furnace which is for the purpose of generating `heatthrough the apparatus when the fire engine is not used, a iue G', passing from this to the hue E, and the heat passing through the generator in the same way. When the paper or strawboard is to be dried it is cut in pieces of any size and form to which the frames are adapted, which when filled and hung in the carriage as shown in iig. 4, there can be as many frames as desired according to the size of the room in which the paper, Etc., is dried When the sheets are' placed in the frames, as stated, the carriage on which the frames are hung is placed upon the tramway, and movedback in its proper position in the room and over the heating or drying apparatus, J. As the heat passes up from the furnace through the chimney, H, iig. 3, the dampeigf, shuts it oi' from passing up and out in the ordinary way, so that it will pass into the line E, from thence into the drum F, through the pipes e, into the drum F' at the other end, and passing from this through the flue E', into the drum F", thence along the pipes e', into the drum I, and from this into the flue I', and into the chimney above the valve or damper f, and then passes oi as in the ordinaryv course, thus all the waste heat from the engine furnace is exhausted, causing a great amount to be diverted under the carriage,'which will rise in contact with the peper, &c., in the frames. The ceiling is made perforated or of slats K, as shown in g. 1, a portion of the' roof .being broken away for that purpose, these slats4 extend from side to side of the room, being placed/at short distances apart, as represented. The ceiling beingrmade open in this way causes the draft to pass up equally in l all parts of the room, and the heat rising from the generator below will be distributed uniformly, drying all sides of the fruit, paper, 8m., alike, the moisture eliminated from the drying fruit, paper, 3m., will be forced out through the perforated ceiling, and opening h. If it is desired this room can be adapted todrying fruit exclusively, which can be out or quartered in the usual mannerv and placed in the frames I), in the same Way that the paper is placed in them, the sides being m'ade either of Wire gauzeor bars, according to the size of the fruit if the gauze is used the fruit is protected from iiies, Ste., while drying.

In drying fruit in this manner more of the properties and qualities of said fruit are retained than when dried in the open air, for obvious reasons. i A

What I claim` as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. One or more adjustable frames D, constructed substantially a-s and for the purposes set forth. 2. The combinations of the truck C, with the adjustable frames D, as and for the purpose set forth. 3.V The arrangement of an open orr perforated ceiling K, carriage C, and frames D, when used in connection with a drying'apparatus for the purposes set forth.

R. N. ALLEN. Witnesses:

. W. H. Brummen,

J. HOLMES.

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